A pub on a major road into the town centre could be demolished and replaced with 12 flats.

An outline application has been filed to knock down the Prince of Wales Inn, at 52 Coventry Road, on the corner of The Grove, and erect a four-story block of apartments.

The plans for the site opposite East Green Garage propose 10 single bedroom apartments and two single bedroom bedsits.

A central stairwell would provide access from the front and rear with five car parking spaces behind the block of flats, accessible via The Grove.

A planning statement by Axon Architects, of Druid Street in Hinckley, said the project would reduce noise for neighbours, who are currently affected by the pub’s late opening hours and vehicles moving on both sides of the site.

Read More

The pub’s immediate neighbours on Coventry Road are the Golden Spoon restaurant, on the other side of The Grove, and an area of terraced housing, also separated by a road leading to a car park.

A planning design and access statement said the site was “outside the designated centre of Hinckley, but within the settlement boundary, in an area of mixed uses”.

It also said: “On the southern side of the Coventry Road are primarily residential properties while the northern side of Coventry Road contains more commercial uses including a large manufacturing business opposite the application site.”

Read More

The plans are the latest in a string of developments on Coventry Road, with the HJ Hall factory near the pub demolished in autumn last year and a 2,146 square metre Lidl store proposed to go in its place.

An outline application was also approved to demolish the former National Grid offices adjacent to the new Redrow estate on Coventry Road and construct up to 42 houses.

Should planning permission be granted it could help support the potential conversion of the former Clarendon Club site into residential accommodation. The club was demolished in December 2017.